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L Barnett made this Freedom of Information request to South Bucks District Council

The request was successful.

From: L Barnett

3 January 2010

Dear South Bucks District Council,

Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act, I wish to
receive the following information from your authority:

1. The name, frequency and distribution/circulation of your council
newspaper (by council newspaper I mean the most frequently
published newspaper or magazine intended for mass distribution
covering more than one topic)

2. How much it cost to produce and distribute said newspaper in the
last full financial year, and how much was budgeted from council
resources in the financial year 2009/2010

3. How much of that cost is offset by advertising

4. How much of that advertising, if any, comes from external
sources (ie not from your authority's budgets)?

5. Which other public sector partners pay to run advertising in
your newspaper, eg PCTs?

6. Whether recruitment advertising forms part of the advertising in
your newspaper?

7. A copy of an editorial policy guide, if one exists, which
governs the material which is placed in the newspaper, and how it
is decided

8. A copy of an advertising policy guide, if one exists, which
governs what sort of advertising is suitable.

9. The number of people employed to put your newspaper/newsletter
together, including total cost and staff organisation chart

Some parts of this request may be easier to answer than others, and
should this prove to be the case I would ask that you release
available data as soon as possible rather than hold up the entire
request.

I would prefer to receive this information electronically. If the
decision is made to withhold some of this data using exemptions in
Act, please inform me of that fact and cite the exemptions used.

If you need any clarification then please contact me at the email.
Under your section 16 duty to provide advice and assistance I would
expect you to contact me if you find this request unmanageable in
any way.

I would be grateful if you could confirm in writing that you have
received this request, and I look forward to hearing from you in
the near future.

Yours faithfully,

L Barnett

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From: Zoe Bloomfield
South Bucks District Council

22 January 2010

For the attention of L Barnett, Whatdotheyknow.com

Dear Sir/Madam

In response to your request under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000

1. The name, frequency and distribution/circulation of your council

newspaper (by council newspaper I mean the most frequently

published newspaper or magazine intended for mass distribution

covering more than one topic)

South Bucks Report

Three times a year

Distributed to households

2. How much it costs to produce and distribute said newspaper in the

last full financial year, and how much was budgeted from council

resources in the financial year 2009/2010

2008/2009 - £54420

2009/2010 - £56053

3. How much of that cost is offset by advertising

None

4. How much of that advertising, if any, comes from external

sources (ie not from your authority's budgets)?

N/A

5. Which other public sector partners pay to run advertising in

your newspaper, eg PCTs?

None

6. Whether recruitment advertising forms part of the advertising in

your newspaper?

No

7. A copy of an editorial policy guide, if one exists, which

governs the material which is placed in the newspaper, and how it

is decided

N/A

8. A copy of an advertising policy guide, if one exists, which

governs what sort of advertising is suitable.

N/A

9. The number of people employed to put your newspaper/newsletter

together, including total cost and staff organisation chart

Editor contracted at a cost of £4444 per edition

I hope this answers your questions but if you feel that it does not, you
can contact me with your queries. You also have the right to request an
internal review of your request and ultimately to complain to the
Information Commissioner should you still be unhappy with the outcome.
You should direct any queries or complaints to me before progressing any
complaint to the Information Commissioner. If you would like more
information about the role and work of the Information Commissioner go to
their website [1]www.ico.gov.uk.

Yours faithfully

Zoë Bloomfield

Corporate Information Officer

Legal Services

South Bucks District Council

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